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Morning Shot

18th January 18 By: Morning Shot

After a USD capitulation late yesterday evening we have recovered. The DXY broke 90 at one stage and GBPUSD hit 1.39! In equity markets, US indices performed well again and in the Asia Pac area the N...

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Morning Shot

17th January 18 By: Morning Shot

As US stocks hit record highs but then closed lower with the Nasdaq worst off down half a percent. In the Asia Pac area equities followed suit as the Nikkei and ASX both closed down an roughly 0.50% ...

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Carillion - Shocking Fallout

16th January 18 By: David Harbage

The company has captured general, as well as financial, news headlines as weekend talks with lenders and HM Government failed to reach a rescue deal. Employing some 20,000 people, but indirectly supp...

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Morning Shot

16th January 18 By: Morning Shot

The US markets were closed yesterday for a public holiday, but in the Asia Pac area the Nikkei had a good session up nearly 1%. The Shanghai Comp. was not far behind at 0.79%, although lagging behind...

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Morning Shot

15th January 18 By: Morning Shot

In the Asia Pac session the Nikkei closed higher by 0.26% and the ASX by 0.12%, while the Shanghai Comp. closed lower by half a percent.  Overall commodities had a good start to the week with...

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Reflect & Prepare

12th January 18 By: Reflect & Prepare

A week of macro news and politics, but where to begin? China announced that it may reduce or even exit purchases of US treasuries this week and this could have massive implications going forward. Sub...

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Morning Shot

12th January 18 By: Morning Shot

Back to usual business in the States with record highs in the US indices, the Nikkei failed to follow the lead as JPY strength hampered the exporters. The commodities focused ASX traded flat and the ...

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It is better to travel than to arrive?

11th January 18 By: David Harbage

Not a few of our readers might be a little surprised by the market’s negative response to wholly in-line numbers from Barratt Developments this morning, which follows on from similar year-end...

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Morning Shot

11th January 18 By: Morning Shot

For the first time in a while US markets closed lower yesterday as China dropped the bombshell it may not continue buying US debt. The Nikkei (-0.39%) and the ASX (-0.48%) followed suit but the Shang...

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Morning Shot

10th January 18 By: Morning Shot

Mixed session in the Asia Pac area as all 3 US bourses close positive. JPY strength for a second day hampers the Nikkei which trades lower by 0.22% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index added 0....

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Morning Shot

9th January 18 By: Morning Shot

US bourses closed mixed yesterday with the Dow closing lower by 0.05% and the Nasdaq (0.29%) and the S&P (0.17%) closing higher. No such problems in the Asia Pac area as the ASX (0.09%), Nik...

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Morning Shot

8th January 18 By: Morning Shot

Indices in the Asia Pac region started the week on the front foot as the Shanghai Comp. trades higher by 0.54% and the ASX 0.13%. Japanese Equities were closed due to a public holiday. Commod...

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Will this be the end of share ownership?

5th January 18 By: Eric Chalker

This is the month, January 2018, when the EU wanted to begin abolishing share certificates.  Thanks to George Osborne and his Treasury team, it was put back to January 2023, but is now mandatory...

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Reflect & Prepare

5th January 18 By: Reflect & Prepare

A quiet trading week at the start of 2018 but indices hit all time highs as Trump aggressive Tax cuts hit the markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 2500 and the FTSE 100 rose 2.88% from its w...

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Morning Shot

5th January 18 By: Morning Shot

In the US the Dow broke 25k as equities once again reached record highs. In the Asia Pac region the major bourses followed suit with the Nikkei up 0.91%, the ASX 0.74% and the Shanghai Comp. 0.20%.&n...

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A stock for 2018

4th January 18 By: David Harbage

Well, 2017 came – surprised, delighted, disappointed, brought joy, delivered sadness – and went very quickly. Leaving aside personal experience, most financial commentators would agree th...

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Morning Shot

4th January 18 By: Morning Shot

Positive closes once again in the US bourses led the Nikkei (2.95%) and ASX (0.11%) to trade higher in the Asia Pac area.  Precious metals underperformed overnight with silver, plat...

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Morning Shot

3rd January 18 By: Morning Shot

US markets hit another record high yesterday and in the Asia Pac region volumes were thin but the ASX closed higher by 0.15% and the Nikkei lower by 0.08%. Base metals didn't have the best of...

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Morning Shot

2nd January 18 By: Morning Shot

As expected things were quiet in the Asia Pac region with the ASX and the Nikkei down marginally. Caixin Manufacturing PMI was the main data point 51.5, beating estimates of 50.6. Commod...

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Morning Shot

29th December 17 By: Morning Shot

During the holiday period so far equity markets have remained positive, the S&P 500 has been bullish for the last two days and looks like it will test the highs. In the Asia Pac area the Nikkei w...

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